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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by csmincemoyer Noticed on Walthers website that alot of popular models are currently backordered (New River Mine, Mills Bros Lumber) Is this a precursor to retirement or just normal off season out of stock? I also notice they list the Refinery kit as being retired. They seem to have a strange track record for retiring what I think are pretty popular kits. [/quote] Walthers has all of their kits made overseas, structures probably by Heljan in Europe. They have to order X number of each kit. If they sell out quickly there is obviously a demand, then they may place another order. If some kits are rather specialized like the refinery, pehaps there aren't enough modelers out there who have the desire, space, ability, and money to want one, then they may retire it. The old days of keeping everything in production and on the shelves is more or less gone. Shelves full of inventory that is not moving is costing them money. Most major industries use the "just in time" production process so they aren't inventorying costly parts and supplies. It all breaks down to money - are they making and on some kits or not? Is it worth their while to spend thousands of dollars to have another run of a kit made, hoping that they will be sold eventually? Probably not. Just my thoughts. [:D] Bob Boudreau
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